Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: December 20, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 44 Critic Reviews
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23
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17
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Chicago Sun-TimesBill ZweckerDec 18, 2017
In the end, the filmmakers have given us one of the most fun movie-going experiences I’ve had this year. Huge kudos go to Johnson, Hart and especially Black for providing some truly entertaining performances for kids of all ages. Read full review
80
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoDec 20, 2017
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle is both a fulfilling reinvention and adventurous video game quest that’s far funnier, and unexpectedly exciting, than you could hope for from an evolved reboot with explosive fantasy character. Read full review
80
Screen DailyKim NewmanDec 8, 2017
It’s an entertaining, engaging, colourful picture in its own right with decently-handled action-adventure set-pieces and sly comedy, detouring from the expected thrills and spills into body-hopping comedy drama. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerDec 21, 2017
Kasdan injects this all with vigor and breezy humor. Read full review
75
Washington PostJane HorwitzDec 21, 2017
It’s the characters, not the convoluted plot or digital magic, that make “Welcome to the Jungle” such fun. For a high-concept Hollywood special-effects movie, that’s quite a concept indeed. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzDec 20, 2017
This is a likable, funny diversion, and sometimes more than that. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchJody MitoriDec 20, 2017
The real fun of “Jumanji” lies in the casting. The towering Johnson and scrappy Hart play especially well off each other. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliDec 20, 2017
A tremendous improvement over the tepid 1995 original, this quasi-sequel brings humor, fun performances, and a canny understanding of late 1990s-style video games to a party that never takes itself seriously. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleCarla MeyerDec 19, 2017
The film’s best moments show the characters bonding as teens, “Breakfast Club”-style, within their new bodies. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTom RussoDec 19, 2017
The group’s thematically, comedically broad inversion of the source material is consistently entertaining, and squeezes in some nicely played character growth to boot. Read full review
75
Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonDec 19, 2017
The Jumanji reboot Welcome to the Jungle is a happy surprise — a movie that turns out to be good (almost clean) fun, and is much more interested in character and comedy than special effects. Read full review
75
TheWrapDave WhiteDec 8, 2017
Jumanji: Welcome to The Jungle is the Christmas tentpole release that aims to please and succeeds, a funny family entertainment product that subverts more expectations than it was obligated to contractually. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinJan 4, 2018
The movie has amusingly broad performances; good, bloodless scares (the characters die horribly — but have multiple lives); and self-empowering life lessons too bland to be specious. You could do far worse. Read full review
70
TimeStephanie ZacharekDec 18, 2017
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has a pleasant, affable spirit, and Johnson is wholly charming. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternDec 14, 2017
This sequel turns out to be a comedy of manners, of all things, and an agreeable one, a movie that will get you laughing and suck you in. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeDec 8, 2017
The film's main appeal is in watching familiar actors pretend to be ordinary kids grappling with their new selves. Read full review
70
IGNAlex WelchDec 8, 2017
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle brings audiences back to its classic fictional world with a fun, updated new twist on its well-worn story. So even if some of its subplots and emotional throughlines don’t quite click, the action-packed fun and humor should still make it worth your price of admission. Read full review
67
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallDec 21, 2017
The Jumanji sequel nobody demanded is fun. Kind of. Sort of. It’s a close call. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubKatie RifeDec 19, 2017
Fast-paced, frequently funny, and consistently entertaining. Read full review
65
UproxxAmy NicholsonDec 21, 2017
Give Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle credit for not wholly insulting the audience’s intelligence. The entire script is centered on these cliches embracing their cliché new bodies, cocooning stereotypes inside stereotypes like nesting dolls. Read full review
65
Vanity FairHillary BusisDec 9, 2017
The film strikes a nice balance between serviceable, not-overly-slick action scenes—we’ve come a long way from those shoddily animated monkeys—and comedy that’s actually rooted in character, rather than cheap references or stereotypes. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenDec 20, 2017
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is reasonably clever and reasonably diverting. Read full review
63
Rolling StonePeter TraversDec 19, 2017
Black is expectedly hilarious, but the beauty part of his performance is that, instead of exaggerating or patronizing this Instagram princess, he finds her vulnerable heart. Read full review
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